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MAHINE FOR SETTING LAIN-G BOOKS. NoI 373,30 Patented Nov. 15, 1887.

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'following is a specification, taken in connec- JAMES H. REED, OF LY MACHINE FOR SETTI NN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,307, dated November 15', 1887.

' Application llerl February 24, 15387'. Serial No. 228,686. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JAMES H. REED, ofLynn, Essex county, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Machines for Setting Lacing-Hooks, of which the tion with the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation.. Fig. 3 is alperspective View, partially in section, ofthe holder and anvil. Fig. 4 is a perspective of a lacinghook. Fig. 5 is a view showing the hooks set in the material. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the holder and anvil. Fig. 7 is the same with the hook in position. Fig. 8 is a side View of the holder withv the lower end broken away to show the interior ofthe recess. Fig. 9 is a side view of the holder detached Fig. 10 is a bottom view'of the holder.

The object of my invention is the construction of a simple and-efficient machine for setting lacing-hooks, more particularly hooks of the kind more fully shown and described in Letters -Patent granted to Francis M. Piper, No. 326,148, dated September l5, 1885 and it consists in amachine provided with a holder and anvil which are normally separate to admit of the introduction of the stock and the hook which is to be set therein, saidholder and anvil being adapted to approach eac-h other and force the prongs of the hook th rough the stock and clinch them, all as hereinafter described.

Likeletters of reference indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

A represents the frame of the machine, which may be varied as desired, the essential features being a base or arm to support the anvil and an upper arm projecting over the anvil to support the holder. The holder a consists of a piece of metal set in the upper arm of the frame and provided at its lower end with a slot or recess, b, of a shape adapted to receive the upper part or crown of the hook. Either side of the interior of the recess b is provided with a flange or projection, d, upon which the edges of the crowne of the hook rest. Above these iianges d the interior shape 'ofthe recess b is not material, so long as it is sufcient in size to accommodate the crown of the hook. The

shoved backwardly into the recess until its beak 7L comes in Contact with the front ends of the flanges d., in which position the hook isready to be set.

On either side ofthe holder a are set guides j, the lower ends of which project below the holder and serve to prevent the prongs of the hook from spreading when they come into contact with the leather. As the prongs enter and pass through the leather, the guides 7 recede, beingforced upward by the upward` movement of the anvil. To allow the guides to recede, they are mounted in slots 7c, cut on `opposite sides of the holder, and are held downward by the tension of springs m, secured at one end on top of the frame and at the other on the top of the guides, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. As soon, therefore, as. the anvil recedes after setting the hook, the guidesj move downwardly, impelled by the springs m.

The anvil is of common construction and is mounted on the upper end of a'plunger, n, and directly underneath the holder, and is provided with depressions b2, to receive and turn the ends of the prongs of the hook. The plunger n is arranged to slide in the frame and has pivoted to its lower end a link, B, the

other end of which is pivoted to a bent lever,

D, fulcrumed at the bend in the frame, and having its rear end connected with a treadle by meansof a strap or rod, in the usual manner. The depression of the rear end of the bent lever forces the anvil upward to set a hook.

For the purpose of determining the distance from the edge of the stock at which the hooks are set, a guide, H, is provided, which consists of a rod set in a hole in the anvil and secured by means of a setLscrew, the rear end of the rod being turned upwardly, s o that the edge of the leather may abut against it, and thus IOO insure the regular alignment of the hooks. A guide or spacer, K, consisting of a pointed V- shaped. pin of metal secured to the frame above and projecting downwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 9, beside the holder, and so as to strike the leather each time that a hook is set and make a mark thereon, is used to indicate the point at which the succeeding hook is to be set. This insures the proper and regular spacing of the hooks and may be varied whenever it is desired to vary the space between them.

My machine, as shown in the drawings, is adapted to have the hooks placed in the holder by hand; but an attachment for automatically supplying the hooks to the holder might be attached without essentially changing my present invention.

Y That I claim is- In a machine for setting lacinghooks provided with a downwardly-projecting beak,the combination, with an anvil having depressions to clinch the prongs of the hook, of a holder, as b, to receive the crown of the hook, provided interior] y on either side with anges, as d, on which said crown rests, said anges being arranged to receive the neck of the hook between them while the beak is stopped by contact with their front ends, whereby the hook may be accurately and speedily placed in position in the machine, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES I-I. REED.

lVitnesses:

GEO. D. MAYo, FRANCIS M. PIPER. 

